The Washington Post’s head scratching tribute to President James A. Garfield this morning caused the FEHBlog to think let’s pay tribute to the great American leader (WWII General of the Armies and President) who signed the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act into law in 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower (Sept. 28, 1959, Pub. L. No. 86–382).  A short, practical law that has stood the test of time.